What the shit? There are flats that are 260g, under $100, and relatively thin? If anybody has any other suggestions I'm all ears, but gonna be hard to beat that I think.
Hah! I'd be more concerned if it were going on a mountain bike, not my commuter. I just want pins, thin, flat, and light, and figured a DH forum with a bunch of flat pedal nerds would be a good place to ask to see whats out there.
Ah yep true. If not subject to patented-toodles rock-strikes or cased jumps, then Wellgo mags or Nukeproof magnesium units are my crazy light suggestions.
I really like them, they are great on the pumptrack bike and surprisingly durable. Planning to try them on a longer travel bike soon but for that I first need to track down the other pins. @rpet: do you have a parts number or such?
I have a set of Origin8s on my trail bike, used to be on the beer bike, then I broke my pedals and stuck these on the Carbine,. So far so good after about a year. https://www.amazon.com/Origin8-Ultim8-Slimline-Platform-Pedals/dp/B00ACTKSLK/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1529359658&sr=8-4&keywords=origin8+pedals&dpID=41nJ-PeA8cL&preST=_SY300_QL70_&dpSrc=srch $60 and 308 grams seems to be pretty good on the dollar to gram scale.
Thanks, I thought you had used some from another manufacturer because you said "aftermarket". I have the spike version on order with my LBS here in Yurp, but they seem to not be able to get them. So I was hoping for an alternative solution as I have heard people did make other pins fit, just not sure which.
If it's a commuter then just get cheap plastic pedals.
Well, its on a pretty nice full dura ace commuter, and I hate flexy no grip plastic pedals. I also hate having to change my shoes because I wore clipless shoes to work.
You say platform so why are we talking about clipless now? As for plastic pedals - ot all are flexy. I'm using dartmoor cookie which uses a wellgo shape and they grip well and are decent at 315g but if you want real light why not look for mortop pedals? Their TI spindle version was 225g. They even had something lighter that was a Twenty6 pre runner design where they cut out some important structural parts. This meant they were suicide for DH but for commuting they might work. 205g with TI, 245 with a cro-mo axle. I think they were called Mortop 503.
